Jarome Iginla will headline the Hockey Hall of Fame’s class of 2020. The Calgary Flames icon and former captain was in his first year of eligibility following a standout career that spanned from 1996 to 2017.
Jarome Iginla will headline the Hockey Hall of Fame’s class of 2020.
The Calgary Flames icon and former captain was in his first year of eligibility following a standout career that spanned from 1996 to 2017.
Three-time Stanley Cup champion Marian Hossa will join Iginla in the players’ category, along with a pair of defencemen who have waited a long time to hear their names called — Kevin Lowe and Doug Wilson — and Canadian women’s national team goalie Kim St-Pierre.
Edmonton Oilers general manager Ken Holland, meanwhile, will go into the hall as a builder, rounding out the 2020 class unveiled Wednesday in Toronto following a vote by the hall’s 18-member selection committee.
Iginla, who also helped Canada win gold at the 2002 and 2010 Olympics, will be the fourth Black person enshrined in the hall, but just the second recognized for on-ice accomplishments in the NHL.
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He’s set to join former Edmonton Oilers goalie Grant Fuhr, Angela James of the Canadian women’s national team and Willie O’Ree, the league’s first Black player, who was inducted as a builder.
“This selection is hard to believe and makes me reflect and look back on my career,” Iginla said. “I was always just trying to make the NHL and this recognition means a lot to me and my family.”
Iginla registered 525 goals and 1,095 points in 1,219 games from 1996 through 2013 with Calgary before stops with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Boston Bruins, Colorado Avalanche and Los An